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'76 NCAA's -24yr-9mth-old frosh, Rono and fellow Kenyans Kimombwa and Kimeto hammer the field and defending NCAA champ Craig Virgin (21yrs-3mth). -First Three Miles: 4:17, 8:47, 13:27!!! (R) Rono breezes in. 1) Rono ...28:06.60, 2) Kimombwa ...28:16.78, 3) Virgin ...28:26.53. |
Kimombwa (L), Rono....Kimeto (faded to 12th) |
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'77 NCAA's After TWO false starts, Rono assumes an immediate lead. Rono bolted through the half-mile in under 2 flat... 4:20 at the mile and 9:24 at two-miles, gaining 50 yards on John Treacy of Providence. |
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(L) Rono -commanding lead.
(R) John Treacy (#363) & Gerard Deegan (#357).
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The chase pack at the halfway point...in the pack are true sophomores, Hunt (#215) and Salazar (#54). Salazar, a DNF (Cramps) in this race last year, would lead the Ducks to the team title. |
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The race to be the first American to place in the '77 NCAA Championships came down to Hunt, Salazar & unheralded Marc Hunter of Cleveland State. |  |
The Finish...
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(L) The impressive Rono coasted in with a 125-yard triumph!!
(R) Cleveland State's Marc Hunter places fourth and is the first American! |
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RESULTS. 1) Henry Rono (WSU) .........28:33.5 *Top frosh: 28) Bill McChesney ...29:51.5 |
Madison, Wisconsin. NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships Nov. 20, 1978 |
'78 NCAA's (50 sec in)- Salazar (#345), Chapa (#338) and Rono (#349) lead early with race temperatures a breezy 19 degrees. |
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Hunt takes the lead. |
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Salazar opened up a 60-yard gap in the uphill fifth mile. He held on to his lead to win by three seconds (29:30). Rono fails to win a third straight individual crown and finished as a straggler, fifth-from-last, 237th (34:10). |
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'79 NCAA's - Salazar leads Rono in a break away from the rest of the field before three miles (1M-4:20, 2M-8:50, 3M-13:26)... |
And actually opened up a 10 meter lead between 3 and 4M. |
Rono breaks away at five miles to win his third individual NCAA cross country title by eight seconds (28:19.6). |
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Four NCAA "Triple Crown" winners, NCAA Champion in cross-country, 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters. (L-R) Lindgren (WSU), Suleiman Nyambiu (UTEP), Ed Eyestone (BYU), Rupp (Oregon). |
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Brent Steiner (Shawnee Mission South, KS), Kinney Nat'l xc champ 79, leads teammate Steve Smith(both class of 80). |
Smith (L) ran 4:07.56 for the mile in 80. Steiner (R) 4:11.1/8:47.0 Mile/2M in 79. |
Kingery (Jr) begins to rip through the tough Crystal Springs course layout. |
Mark Davis (San Diego) Kinney (today Foot Locker) champ in "86." Ran 14:38 @ Woodward Park, CA. |
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Jim Schankel (CPSLO) leads Hunt (HS, Jr) & Terry Williams (UO) with one lap to go. They finished in that order(6M, 28:53.4- 28:55.8- 29:05.1. SIX days later Hunt won the Coronado Half-Marathon in 68:06 breaking the CR by 2 seconds!!!! (1975). |
Eric Reynolds Kinney Nat'l Champ in 82 (Above, 3rd in 81) went 14:39 @ Woodward Park., CA. |
German Fernandez (Riverbank) set some course records prior to CA State meet. At Woodward Park(above) he unleashed an Incredible 14:24 (5k). Hacking 14 seconds off the previous record. (Splits: 4:28 / 9:12 / 13:55). - 2007. |
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Chapa (Frosh) ran: 4:01.5 mile, 8:35.8 2Mile, 13:49.6 5000m & 28:51.1 10k. |
As a soph, Chapa (above) won the NCAA 5,000m. Ran: 3:39.0 1500 & 13:25.6 5000m. |
A junior, Chapa shatters the American Record of 7:42.6 held by Steve Prefontaine with a sterling 7:37.7(above pic), making him 4th fastest of all time('79). Also pulling Salazar to a 7:43.8 (4th best ever by an American). Also: 3:38.7 1500 & 13:19.3 5000m. |
Agent 99 & Maxwell Smart (Agent 86). |
May 11, 1980 - Chapa travels south to the UCLA Pepsi meet for two-miles. |
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(L) Chapa is content to let Kip Koskei do the work before racing away from Koskei to win (R) in 8:27.0. |
